My Evolution is designed to show you a summary of important information: the appointments for a given day, important email, and so forth. To see your My Evolution, click on the My Evolution button in the shortcut bar, or select the My Evolution folder in the folder bar.
The first thing you'll want to do with My Evolution is add a service. Go to Tools->My Evolution Settings then select one of the available services. Services may vary depending upon your system, but most installations will have at least the following options:
Display amount of unread email in your selected folders.
News headlines from sites that allow this feature. The default is news about the GNOME project from gnotices.
Shows you the current weather for the cities of your choice.
Lets you see the events for the day.
Evolution comes with ... enabled by default.
To add a new service:
Choose Tools->My Evolution Settings from the menubar.
Select the service you wish to add by clicking on the respective tab.
Choose OK when finished configuring the item.
To remove a service from My Evolution, do the following:
Choose Tools->My Evolution Settings from the menubar.
Click the Enable button in the component you would like to disable.
Chances are, the components that you setup aren't going to be setup for your needs. For instance, you may choose that you want to use different city choices than the default settings. Evolution lets you configure all the components in My Evolution.
To modify mail:
Choose Tools->My Evolution Settings from the menubar.
Click the Mail tab at the top of the window.
The Mail service window is broken up into two sections. The left section is where your mail folders are listed. The right section shows which folders are displayed.
To add a folder to the summary, click on a folder in the All folders section and click the Add button.
To remove a folder from the service, click on the folder in the Display folders section and click the Remove button.